Last Tuesday, class was a little different than normal. Instead of learning about a new technology tool and then creating a project using that tool, we worked collaboratively to discuss issues of literacy in the classroom.
I really enjoyed learning how to use the clicker system to do surveys in the classroom; I can see this coming in handy to not only take daily attendance, but to also get truly anonymous feedback from students. I could ask my students a question like "How difficult was this project to complete?" or "Did you like the book we read?" to get some general feedback about how the students are feeling. If I simply asked these kinds of questions in class, I'm betting that only a few students would respond, and they might not respond as truthfully as they could have in a more anonymous system, like the clickers.
If I wanted more in-depth feedback from my students, or to give them a quiz, I could definitely utilize socrative.com. I really like all the options it gives teachers, such as a Likert Scale, multiple choice, or open-ended questioning. The possibilities are endless with this free website, and it might even make my life easier, in terms of grading, if students could take simple quizzes online!
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